Bride of the Cursed Alpha (Auren and Lucien)

Chapter 221

Summer POV

I was not surprised when Tamara said that she would go with ime, but I was surprised when she said that she didn’t have a ride. I mean, she was the ster of the Alpha of the pack which was organizing this event. Weren’t they super rich people? Couldn’t they afford a car for her? it made me think if she had an ulterior motive. But then Tamara smiled at me so softly that my heart melted.

“Sure,” I replied, wondering how Laura managed to send this car. Whose car was this? Or were participants allocated vehicles for personal use? Either way, it wasn’t my botheration.

As I sat down in the cai, I saw that a black Jeep came to stand in front of our car and another black one halted right behind us. And when Tamara sat in the car, the driver whipped his head back to look at her. There was a trace of fear on his face.

“L–Luna Tamara,” he said in a raspy voice.

She cocked her eyebrow. “Yes?”

He blinked at her as he glanced at me and then stuttered, “I–I had my ins–instructions to t–take Summer t–to-”

“To the ball,” Tamara finished his sentence rather angrily. She glared at him, and in a very cold voice ordered, “Take us to the ball.” The driver’s mouth dropped and he appeared tense. Tamara didn’t like his reaction. “Do you see the two Jeeps?” He nodded. “They are here for the security of the Luna. Now do as told, or you’ll see the dungeons in ten minutes.”

That was the last straw. The driver snapped his mouth and did as he was told. However, I was left wondering about the exchange of words between the driver and Tamara. It seemed like Tamara’s words were loaded with a threat. Being such an important member of the pack, how could a driver argue with her? And what instructions did he have about me? Why was there so much security around us? It must be because of Tamara, I guessed.

But something didn’t fit, and I found myself wringing my fingers in my lap. Tamara must have noticed. She brought her hand over mine and placed it softly.

“What are you worrying about?” she asked.

I shook my head. “Nothing. 1-” I glanced at the driver. “Where was I supposed to go?” I blurted.

The driver’s eyes met mine in the rear–view mirror. There was a hint of anger in them. But he immediately averted his gaze to the road. The two black Jeeps were still there, maintaining a comfortable distance.

“We are going to the ball,” Tamara said in an assuring voice which only made me think if the driver was taking me elsewhere.

door of the venue,” I said, not wanting to go to the venue in

that? You will walk with me inside the hall

my head. “I don’t want to embarrass

a way that made me feel like I had some connection with her. A strange warmth tugged at my heart. No one had been this kind with me in

deep breath in, I nodded again. Then I dared to ask her. “You said you didn’t want to go for the ball, then

She chuckled. “You.”

I bunched up my shirt in my hands. “I’m not God, how do I tell her? But I pushed myself in case she had wrong notions about me. “I’m straight!” I

time Tamara jerked her head back and then burst into laughter. What was so funny? My cheeks

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thin air like new.

she said “1 am happily married to Alpha Matt.” She lifted her hand

could I miss that? “Then why?” I asked, feeling all the more stupid,

wanted to be with you. That’s all,” she replied,

was going on, but I gave her a small smile. “That’s very kind

yet,”

flickered through me when men from the Jeep behind surrounded us in a protective circle. They looked at

in

with the rustle of silk and laughter. People clinked glasses as servers moved between

my hands at my side, nails biting into my palms. Every step felt like trespassing and every gaze whispered that did not belong here. So I

approached him with a

brooding Alpha as against a timid me. It was like if he wanted, he could snap me into two and I’d break easily.

hand toward

brother and sister asking me about remembering them

through me, making my toes curl? I laughed at

eyes that held a tempest. The world around me faded, and for a while it seemed like only the two of us existed in this plane. Or